It’s 82 F degrees here with 89% humidity and I think my shoes started melting while walking the static display this morning. I’ve posted about 142 photos from the show so far , so feel free to take a look at those
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#SIN10: Day Zero Round-Up – "My shoes are melting" Edition
Photo Credit: The Orlando Sentinel Ladies and gentlemen, break out your brooms. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will unveil itself in Orlando in spring of 2010. From magical wands to flying broomsticks, secrets are swirling around the country as to what exactly will brew in the 20 acres of sorcery.
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens in Orlando, spring 2010
GRAMERCY — Friend of a Farmer on Irving Place will be closed for at least a day while they redo their floors. [EaterWire] MIDTOWN — Midtown Lunch spots protesters outside of Mapo Tofu , a Midtown restaurant that took over the space of the shuttered Wu Liang Ye
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EaterWire: Firefighters Storm Bond St; Renos at Friend of a Farmer
The highly anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner successfully completed its stall tests, as of Friday. According to officials , the initial testing program went well, and without surprises.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner passes stall tests
Following Mayor Bloomberg’s initiative to get food producers, fast food companies, and restaurants to voluntarily reduce salt levels in food by 25 percent, the Times tests dishes from Momo Milk, The Standard Grill, Shake Shack, and others to see what damage they do in the sodium chloride department .
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Heart Attack Sandwiches: Following Mayor Bloomberg’s initiative to get…
1) Upper West Side : The second location of 5 Napkin Burger will open tonight in the former Ollie’s space on the Upper West Side. Status : Opening tonight; 2315 Broadway, 212-333-4488 .
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Monday Opening Report: Oaxaca Grill, Cupcakeland, Five Napkin Burger Certified Open
Aiming to be the airline with the most routes between the US and Canada, Air Canada has announced seven new routes to major US cities that will operate out of its Toronto Pearson International hub.
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Air Canada adds seven new US routes from Toronto
61 percent of reporter Glenn Collins’ stories of the last year have been about Tavern on the Green . His last 12 published stories: 1) At Tavern on the Green, Everything Must (and Does) Go; 1/29/10 2) A Bargain Lunch, and Dancing Bears, Too; 1/25/10 (Russian Tea Room) 3) Tavern on the Green’s Last Sale, for Now; 1/20/10 4) Tavern Is in a Deeper Hole Than Was Thought; 1/19/10 5) The Gavel Falls on Tavern on the Green ; 1/15/10 6) Tavern on the Green Sells Out; 1/13/10 7) Judge to the LeRoys: It’s All Yours, Almost; 1/13/10 
Who Owns What at Tavern on the Green? ; 1/11/10 9) All the News That’s Fit…, 1/7/10 (This story is not about TotG) 10) City Is Denied a Trademark on a Backup Name for Tavern; 1/5/10 11) Ringing Out Tavern on the Green; 1/1/10 12) A Treasure Trove of Trinkets; 12/18/09 Not that TotG doesn’t deserve its own dedicated correspondent or anything, but there are a lot more where those came from
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Time for a New Beat?: A Look at Tavern on the Green Reportage at the Times
In a lengthy decision between joining Delta Air Lines and SkyTeam, and staying with American in the Oneworld Alliance, Japan Airlines president Masaru Onishi has said that a decision will come soon, and it will not be influenced by any other previous conversations.
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JAL plans to choose an alliance as soon as possible
Since housing in central London is pretty outrageous, living in student housing does come out to be more cost-effective.The process to sign up for LSE accommodation will begin any day now (in February). I have spent the past few days researching the different availabilities and deciding which housing to put on my preference list. I am to pick 3 residential hall/building from the LSE-only accommodation and also 3 more from the University of London intercollegiate halls .
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London Real Estate: Student Edition
An open casting call is being held in Boston next Monday for a new Food Network restaurant competition series. On February 8, the television channel will be casting the first season of 24 Hour Restaurant Battle at the Lenox Hotel on Exeter Street in the Back Bay from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
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Casting Call for 24 Hour Restaurant Battle (New Food Network Show), February 8, 2010
Click here to enlarge This Friday, restaurateur and soon-to-be new dad Scott Conant opens his latest NYC restaurant, Faustina in the Cooper Square Hotel.
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Sneak Peeks: A First Look at the Menu and Layout of Conant’s Faustina
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been one month since Andrew Evans left Washington D.C. and started taking buses all the way to Antarctica. We’ve created an interactive map of his trip so far, and we’ll be updating it as he goes
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Bus2Antarctica: The Map
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British Airways , American Airlines , and Iberia are negotiating with the European Union to settle an anti-trust dispute. The three airlines want to establish more of a joint venture – sharing revenue, schedules, and marketing – but the European Union is hesitant to get on board, since the scheme may eliminate competition on some trans-Atlantic routes
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British Airways, Iberia and American work on antitrust dispute with the EU
Last October, rumors began to fly that Amy Sacco’s Bungalow 8 had decided to call it a day. Ms. Sacco vehemently denied the rumors , telling Eater at the time, “I am redoing the entire space to give it a facelift, that’s really all
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Nightlife: Bungalow 8 Renovation Delays Impact Its Re-opening
Do you love the nightlife so gosh darn much that you want to bring it home with you? Then Douglaston Development has an offer for you! Given its proximity to the beleaguered Chelsea nightlife zone , the real estate firm is trying to attract nightlife loving renters to its Ohm building at West 30th Street and 11th Avenue by stocking it full of nightlife amenities.
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Nightlife: Ohm Lets You Bring the Nightclub Home With You
Despite some recent scaremongering in the local press, our BSF bid has been accepted by Government and the College is now fully engaged in the process of developing and updating plans and designs for the new build. The College plans continue to centre around a total rebuild of the school – the new building catering for 1200 11-16 students and a further 370 sixth-form students. We are currently working on the accommodation schedule – the number and size of all the classrooms and facilities
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TCOLC Accommodation Schedule
After months of anticipation and hype, Mile End , the new Montreal/Jewish deli out in Boerum Hill opened last Monday. And surprise, surprise the little shop can’t handle all the demand
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Mobbed: Following Meat Shortage, Mile End Closes to Regroup
The current facade of Michael White’s newest The Community Board 2 SLA Licensing meeting agenda is up and it’s going to be a fun one. Two heavy hitters Shake Shack Nolita and Michael White’s new space on 218 Lafayette will make their pleas, as will the operator of the old Elettaria space (to be called Salatim), the old Harbour space (to be called Parlor Club ), and the old Merkato 55 space (now Villa Pacri )
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First Word: Michael White, Shake Shack to Appear Before Community